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Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day

By The Guardian Culture · 2026-07-11
Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day

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From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wondersA one-sitting read is typically the domain of the short story – a form that largely depends on a reader’s pure, unbroken attention. But there is some­thing sp

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